niggly issue with earphone

[G.]

On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 8:15 PM, David C. Curtis <dave.c.curtis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11-11-05 01:40 AM, G. wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Ernest Doub<hideserted at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:52 AM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 7:29 AM, G.<pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> On Ubintu 11.10 upgrade from 11.04, after I plug in then remove
>>>>> earphones, there is no sound from the external speakers.  I checked
>>>>> the sound settings and nothing is muted.
>>>>>
>>>>> Aft F@ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav produces no sound.
>>>>>
>>>>> List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
>>>>> card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC269VB Analog [ALC269VB Analog]
>>>>>  Subdevices: 1/1
>>>>>  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I am using a Samsung netbook N110.
>>>>>
>>>>> Need any other info, please let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> gary
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To clarify, the speakers I am referring to are the computer's build in
>>>> speakers, not external one.  My mistake.
>>>>
>>>> garyk
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>  From your description this looks like a hardware problem.  If you have
>>> the
>>> capability to test the sound system through the USB port with external
>>> amplified speakers this will verify whether this is a software or a
>>> hardware issue.
>>> --
>>>
>>
>>
>> Apparently not.  I do not have the problem in windows.  This problem
>> showed
>> up after I upgraded to 11.10, but not right away.
>
> Did you check the mute setting with the earphones unplugged? I am seeing
> behaviour now on my netbook where earphones and speakers have separate mute
> status and Ubuntu seems to recognise if the earphones are plugged in or not.
> And yes, this behaviour is quite new.
>
> Dave
>
>

I tried that.  It is not muted.  At the moment I have no sound even
though I just rebooted and have not plugged in the earphones!

Thanks Dave.


garyk